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Corrupt Company Review: Activision

RANT RANT RANT BLAH BLAH BLAH CORRUPTION ETC

Activision, oh, Activision. You went from making all those crappy licensed super hero games to being the most corrupt gaming company so far. You surpassed even EA (actually not that bad right now) for being a downright jerk to your employees. You also are making pretty good games, because, you know, mass layoffs really do pay. Now, I know Activision isn’t as bad as some other companies out there (Nike, General Motors, etc), but the simple fact is, Activision is an asshole and doesn’t even try to hide it. I mean, it was years before the masses found at where exactly that cute littler toddler shirt was actually made and who it was made by and how much they were getting paid for it, but just days after they laid off at least 40 employees from Raven Software (creators of Singularity, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, X-Men Origins Wolverine, and before it was bought by Activision, Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Knight: Jedi Apprentice, Wolfenstein, and Quake 4) that we heard about it. But, you know, Activision has a history of using then throwing away companies. In February they canned 200 employees and shut down a Santa Monica based studio called Luxoflux they acquired in 2002. And there’s more. In 2009 Valve sued Activision for 424K in unpaid royalties. Of course, Activision had a counter sue but being Activision and their history I call it complete BS. But, Activision trumps even that when they fired the studio head of Infinity Ward. Yeah, you heard me right. The company that Activision bought, that made Modern Warfare 1 and 2, which sold over a million copies, made Activision billions and are two of the four highest rated Call of Duty games on MetaCritic, because, you know, if a company you bought has made you millions, fire the leader of it. *facepalm*